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TravelPod Member Reviews Churchill Downs Louisville

Museum and tours worth a visit

triviafanatics8 contributionsUnited StatesJun 15, 2015

We spent an entire day at Churchill Downs on our recent cross country road trip. Unfortunately, our schedule had us there on a non-racing day, but it turned out perfect. Between the tours (the museum/track tour and the backside tour) and the museum we ended up spending the whole day!

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... to be a fun town. While I really didn't get to scratch the surface with my limited time here, it left me eager to get back here. The Bourbon Trail and ChurchillDowns will definitely be on the menu when I get to return to this cool place. ...

Had a fantastic day at the races at ChurchillDowns. Rode the motorbike in, so hence Wendy's outfit was limited, along with motorbike helmet hairdo. Oh to be a man, Ed didn't give a shit what he looked like. He was just so happy to be here. Well ...

... lady at the ticket office) and checked out parking etc. All good. Ed is a bit excited to be visiting the famous ChurchillDowns where the Kentucky Derby is held. We then went to the well known Broadway and Main streets, where it all happens in ...

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Wednesday, June 20 I was excited this morning as we were heading up the highway just a few hours to Louisville, Kentucky. No, we were not going to ChurchillDowns are do anything related to horses. We were heading for the great RV Rally. What is an RV ...

... PM even with our last time change into the Eastern Time Zone. We have only skimmed the top of Louisville taking pictures at ChurchillDowns, a historic neighborhood and at Lynn's Paradise Cafe. We also befriended some cats at our campground which ...

... don’t object to drinking mint juleps when I have the chance, though. But the Derby takes place in Louisville, so I figured a trip to ChurchillDowns was worthwhile since I was in town. I lucked out. There were races taking place that afternoon, so ...